24 people coming together and create a collaborative performance piece out of 24 joined T-Shirts, using the material textile as a medium of capturing expressions in a physical and visibel way. They will instigating each person’s creative expression and will be as unique as each hour of a day. The piece will be created into three separate stages. These will coincide on the same day.
A fully sealed enclosure will be constructed out of polycarbonate, where the piece will be created within. The participants will be asked to enter the space where a combination of paint and various materials such as sponges, balloons, papier-mâché, clay and much more will be available for them to choose from. Inside the space the 24 t-shirts will be joined together, forming a giant canvas, which will function as a target to express their creativity. Moreover, pictures will be taken sporadically during the event, creating a movie of process, which will show the gradual change of the art/performance piece.
When this stage is completed, the “canvas” will be exhibited within the enclosure on display during the happening as a huge collective art/performance piece.
At the last stage the art piece will be separated in 24 unique pieces and worn by the people who created them. It is the visible and physical outcome after a day of individual expressions coming together, affecting each other in a moment of shared experience.
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27.1.10
12.1.10
Brief 'The Happening'
PROCESS – Stacey Grant & Vita Woods
title: piece of yourself
“The Happening”
Our Collaborative:
We have decided to collaborate together as we share many themes regarding memory and perception. Who we are as individuals and how this affects our understanding of the world around us fascinates our practice. Therefore it makes sense to build on what are the core of our creative values.
Although most of our practice is communicated digitally we both are interested in the comfort of analogue. Whilst as thinkers we enjoy the permanence of the tangibility that film/cassette/vinyl/ink/paper/fabric provides.
Concept & method:
Our proposed concept is to create a small chamber or booth into which people will be invited. There we shall record there interactions throughout their day and their physical identity. Perhaps there will be a Polaroid, a question posed, a finger print, their height, a lock of hair. They will be able to give as much or as little as they like and labels will provided. Throughout the day they are invited to return at regular intervals to update their data.
People may leave notes via communication cards to each other.
At different times questions and provocations will be posed. We will document using photography/sound recording/film. We will take minutes of the day.
Outcomes:
The richness of the journey will be the main concern in terms of outcomes. We are hoping to communicate via handwritten letter, and the postal system avoiding all forms of digital communication where possible. We are open to the various happenings of the day. A publication or physical manifestation would be desirable as well as documentary film and stills for posterity and archiving.
We began the process module with observation which we both felt ignited our interest in social anthropology,individuals and the human condition. We return to this methodology informed by the past few months work and hope to create an intervention to which the public can willingly participate or ignore.
title: piece of yourself
“The Happening”
Our Collaborative:
We have decided to collaborate together as we share many themes regarding memory and perception. Who we are as individuals and how this affects our understanding of the world around us fascinates our practice. Therefore it makes sense to build on what are the core of our creative values.
Although most of our practice is communicated digitally we both are interested in the comfort of analogue. Whilst as thinkers we enjoy the permanence of the tangibility that film/cassette/vinyl/ink/paper/fabric provides.
Concept & method:
Our proposed concept is to create a small chamber or booth into which people will be invited. There we shall record there interactions throughout their day and their physical identity. Perhaps there will be a Polaroid, a question posed, a finger print, their height, a lock of hair. They will be able to give as much or as little as they like and labels will provided. Throughout the day they are invited to return at regular intervals to update their data.
People may leave notes via communication cards to each other.
At different times questions and provocations will be posed. We will document using photography/sound recording/film. We will take minutes of the day.
Outcomes:
The richness of the journey will be the main concern in terms of outcomes. We are hoping to communicate via handwritten letter, and the postal system avoiding all forms of digital communication where possible. We are open to the various happenings of the day. A publication or physical manifestation would be desirable as well as documentary film and stills for posterity and archiving.
We began the process module with observation which we both felt ignited our interest in social anthropology,individuals and the human condition. We return to this methodology informed by the past few months work and hope to create an intervention to which the public can willingly participate or ignore.
explanation - one possible idea of the happening:
During the system-week, a lot of different feelings awoke inside us, like total confusion, stress, curiosity, anger, joy; and we tried to give them all a form, looked for a way to express them. As a stage, we used a white wall, which we transformed into a picture of our emotions, like capturing moments of sense. The source material was clay, later we tried different colours and food, depending on the daily mood.
We used the movement of throwing, because there are many different meanings connected in this move. The strongest emotion is anger (if you smash something against a person), or if a wedding is celebrating, rice will be thrown, to wish the best of luck to the newlyweds, or if you are playing a team sport, a ball will be bandied, which encourages the common bond.
Starting point of our work was the process of analysing the area of Golders Green. The district seemed to be a place full of hidden feelings. The Jewish community is very strong, but they keep just to themselves.
So we see ourselfs as collectors of emotions, giving people the opportunity to show their feelings to an audience and let them float into an unique artwork; during a time, where a pokerface ist the best way to manage the day.
During the system-week, a lot of different feelings awoke inside us, like total confusion, stress, curiosity, anger, joy; and we tried to give them all a form, looked for a way to express them. As a stage, we used a white wall, which we transformed into a picture of our emotions, like capturing moments of sense. The source material was clay, later we tried different colours and food, depending on the daily mood.
We used the movement of throwing, because there are many different meanings connected in this move. The strongest emotion is anger (if you smash something against a person), or if a wedding is celebrating, rice will be thrown, to wish the best of luck to the newlyweds, or if you are playing a team sport, a ball will be bandied, which encourages the common bond.
Starting point of our work was the process of analysing the area of Golders Green. The district seemed to be a place full of hidden feelings. The Jewish community is very strong, but they keep just to themselves.
So we see ourselfs as collectors of emotions, giving people the opportunity to show their feelings to an audience and let them float into an unique artwork; during a time, where a pokerface ist the best way to manage the day.
7.12.09
Response to Sam
Hey Sam,
I will think about if for you...I'm not too sure.
I'm taking from our "gigantic dress up thingy" that to bring that
into my castings. Almost in a child like way, how a child interacts
with large objects but still can. Not in a comical way that is stupid
but just in the extreme part of the anthropomorphic scale; extreme
design.
If that makes sense.
EG a spoon that is still usable but is just a slightly bit larger.
Peace Out
Stephen
I will think about if for you...I'm not too sure.
I'm taking from our "gigantic dress up thingy" that to bring that
into my castings. Almost in a child like way, how a child interacts
with large objects but still can. Not in a comical way that is stupid
but just in the extreme part of the anthropomorphic scale; extreme
design.
If that makes sense.
EG a spoon that is still usable but is just a slightly bit larger.
Peace Out
Stephen
Mini Briefs
Brief 1:
Entropy
[en-truh-pee]
noun
1. Thermodynamics.
a. (on a macroscopic scale) a function of thermodynamic variables, as temperature, pressure, or composition, that is a measure of the energy that is not available for work during a thermodynamic process. A closed system evolves toward a state of maximum entropy.
b. (in statistical mechanics) a measure of the randomness of the microscopic constituents of a thermodynamic system. Symbol: S
2. (in data transmission and information theory) a measure of the loss of information in a transmitted signal or message.
3. (in cosmology) a hypothetical tendency for the universe to attain a state of maximum homogeneity in which all matter is at a uniform temperature (heat death).
4. a doctrine of inevitable social decline and degeneration.
Explore the uncertainty within a manufacturing process.
As a controlled event occurs, the amassed uncertainty should be lessened by the understanding of the process and thus producing a more successful result. When this uncertainty is allowed to control the event the results will produce wide and varying forms.
Explore the possibility of producing one off pieces in manner that creates individual forms and allows the process to dictate form.
Brief 2:
Casting
Create a greater understanding of casting.
Casting is a process that is thousands of years old. It is a process used for many materials and new techniques have been developed alongside these materials.
Plastic Resins, Metals, Plaster and Concrete can all be cast to create forms with both function and aesthetics at their core. The process as a whole can create a better understanding for materials and their own constituents
Explore the possibility of producing one off pieces in manner that creates individual forms and allows the process to dictate form.
Through working with various methods and materials develop a greater understanding of casting and the benefits to be found from using it.
Entropy
[en-truh-pee]
noun
1. Thermodynamics.
a. (on a macroscopic scale) a function of thermodynamic variables, as temperature, pressure, or composition, that is a measure of the energy that is not available for work during a thermodynamic process. A closed system evolves toward a state of maximum entropy.
b. (in statistical mechanics) a measure of the randomness of the microscopic constituents of a thermodynamic system. Symbol: S
2. (in data transmission and information theory) a measure of the loss of information in a transmitted signal or message.
3. (in cosmology) a hypothetical tendency for the universe to attain a state of maximum homogeneity in which all matter is at a uniform temperature (heat death).
4. a doctrine of inevitable social decline and degeneration.
Explore the uncertainty within a manufacturing process.
As a controlled event occurs, the amassed uncertainty should be lessened by the understanding of the process and thus producing a more successful result. When this uncertainty is allowed to control the event the results will produce wide and varying forms.
Explore the possibility of producing one off pieces in manner that creates individual forms and allows the process to dictate form.
Brief 2:
Casting
Create a greater understanding of casting.
Casting is a process that is thousands of years old. It is a process used for many materials and new techniques have been developed alongside these materials.
Plastic Resins, Metals, Plaster and Concrete can all be cast to create forms with both function and aesthetics at their core. The process as a whole can create a better understanding for materials and their own constituents
Explore the possibility of producing one off pieces in manner that creates individual forms and allows the process to dictate form.
Through working with various methods and materials develop a greater understanding of casting and the benefits to be found from using it.
6.12.09
Our Cockroachgroup focused on the Oriental Cockroach, because it is the only cockroach, which carries her eggs (between 16 and 18) in a case for 30 hours. It has a very protected surface. So, we created the concept of the "Super Mom".
In our scenario the mankind will die because an atomic war and the cockroaches become bigger and superintelligent. So, the female cockroach creates a more comfortable and more protective bag for her eggs. She will just use two arms for going shopping or fighting against enemies. The other 4 arms are busy with the eggs. If she is tired, she can sit inside the bag, so it´s also a protection place for her.
In our scenario the mankind will die because an atomic war and the cockroaches become bigger and superintelligent. So, the female cockroach creates a more comfortable and more protective bag for her eggs. She will just use two arms for going shopping or fighting against enemies. The other 4 arms are busy with the eggs. If she is tired, she can sit inside the bag, so it´s also a protection place for her.
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